Bell OH-58C
N82857 is a Bell OH-58C, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical, a corporation in Ulysses, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 2, 2015 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest; patrolling; carriage of cargo, dated January 27, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bell
- Model
- OH-58C · all OH-58Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 70-15621
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison T63 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AB51BA (octal 52650672)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 2, 2015
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Aerial surveying; Forest; Patrolling; Carriage of cargo · January 27, 1998
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00435442
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 9170 E Road 2
Ulysses, KS 67880-8151
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N82857, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical, a corporation, certificate issued September 2, 2015, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial surveying; forest; patrolling; carriage of cargo; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 70-15621 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N82857 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288316004, cancelled August 12, 1992). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N82857: Accident on May 12, 2018 at Yuma, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 21, 1991 at Placerville, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell OH 58C · operated under 137
A partial loss of engine power during an aerial application flight due to thermal damage to the 1st stage gas producer turbine nozzle and an irregular fuel spray pattern due to carbon buildup of the fuel nozzle. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel's inadequate inspection of the fuel nozzle.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR18LA140 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF AT A HIGH DENSITY AIRPORT WITH THE AIRPLANE EXCEEDING ITS MAXIMUM GROSS TAKEOFF WEIGHT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S USE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS AND ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX91FA401 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data